Shoe-vamp protective guard.



A. J. FOLEY & T. CROWLEY.

SHOE VAMP PEO'IEGTIVE GUARD. APPLIOATION FILED MAB.. a, 190s. BENBWED JAN. 5, 1910.

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.ANDREW J'. FLEY, OF BRAINTREE, AND TIMOTHY CE'WLEY, 0F ATI-XGL,

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Application tiled March 9, 1908, Serial No. 19,919. Renewed Jennery 51910. Serial No. 536,575.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that We, ANDREW J. FOLEY and Tutorial' CROWLEY, citizens oi the United States, and residents of Braintree and of Athol, in the county or' llloroester and in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, respectively, have invented ,certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Vamp Protective Guards, olf-Which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to rotective devices at-tuchable to certain machines employed in the manufacture of boots and shoes known as heel scourers and finishers in which are employed one or more scouring; and smoothing disks or Wheels circumferentially provided with abrading surfacesof graded textures.

The object or ourinvention is to prevent injury to the vamp and counter of the shoe by said abrading material during the preliminary process ot' scouring the shoe heel and generally to protect the upper` leather from Wax and uneleanliness. Vf e attain this object by the appurtenance exhibited in the drawing forming a part of this speciication and which We designate a vamp guard wherein:

Figure l, is a plan of the apparatus assembled in readiness to attach to a shoe heel scouring machine. Fig. 2, exhibits a side elevation of the saine. Fig. 3, designates a `front elevation With its adjustability shown in dotted positions. Fig. 4t, is a iront elevation of the head oi a heel scourer with our invention thereto attached and organized for its worlr. Fig. 5, denotes a longitudinal vertical section on dashed line 5 5 of Fig. et, and Fig. (i, a perspective of the left side of a portion of said head, to exhibit the operative position of the guard inits protective .eapacity when a shoe heel is beingA scoured. 3

Corresponding letters of reierence designate similar features throughout the several views, referring,` to which:

A denotes the guard plate of any suitable material, slightly Concaved transversely and longitudinally' to aline with the periphery of the scouringdisk or Wheel.

Riveted or otherwise attached to the under side or" said plate is a body of felt or other analogous material forming a resilient bearing surface or cushion B which may contact with the shoe shank during the heel scouring operation, the guard plate interposing the shoe sole, vamp and counter, and the abrading or scouring material, in apsition to. prevent injury to vany part of the upper or shank, Fig. 6. Said plate is provided centrally at one side with a stem C 6o rotatably and horizontally supported at a right angle with, and in theV member D pierced transversely for this purpose and secured in a preferred position bythe thuinb screw` E, said member is counterbored as 65. at F toreceive the rock arm Gr, having a longitudinal adjustmenttherein, and also a rotational adjustment from a horizontal plane, and secured therein by a similar thumb screw ll, Fig. l. Said rock arm is 7o relexed as at I, so as to lie parallel withthe frame J of the scouring machine, to which it is united (Fig. 5) and supported by the stud K transversely bored as at L to adjustably receive the said rock arm, and therein conlined by the thumb screw lid, said stud. bearing integrally the screw threaded' bolt ltwhicfn penetrates the rear' portion of the frame above mentioned, and is thereto adjustably secured by the nut 0. It Will be observed therefore, that each member of this aggregation has an independent adjustment relative to the Whole aggroupment,

,thus'permitting the operator to secure divers positions to accord with the Work in hand.

We would remark, that Whileour invention is preferably used in connection with any form othee-l scouring machinery, it is equally adaptable to shank Smoothing andl other classes of finishing machineswhele protection to the uppers is imperative; and while We do not limit ourselvesto the recise details of construction herein' il 11s-strated We may variously modifyv the sainev without departing from the true spirit of o5; our invention, which, having vthus ascertained, We claim 1. A vamp guard for heel scouring ma# chines comprising in combination With the scouring appel-atop, 'a dishecl plate conform- 100 ing to and overly-ingl the scourmg-Lwheel, `a transverse. pin projecting from sald plate a member transversely bored to receive said pin and havingy an axial bore, a securing member adapted for attachment'to the cas- 105 ing; of the scouring apparatus, and a rightangled rock arm having one arm secured in said axial bore, and its other arm projected transversely in said securing member whereby said dished plate 'nay be univer- 110.

sally adjusted in relation to said scouring transversely in said securing member, and

Wheel. l a resilient surfacing upon sald dished plate 15 2. A vamp guard for heel scouring maagainst which the article to be scoured is chimes, comprising in combination with the borne t0 perrnlta regulable pressure of said scouring apparatus, a dished plate eonformartlle 0I1 Sa1d SCOuIlng Wheely ing to and overlying the scouring Wheel, a In testimony whereof We have alixed our transverse pinvprojectmg from said plate, Signatures; in presence of two witnesses.

a' member transversely bored to receive said A pin and having 'an axial bore, a securing member adapted -for'attachment to the casing of the scouring apparatus, a right- Witnesses:

angled rock arm having one arm secured in WILLIAM E. LEVANGIE,

said axial bore, and its other arm projected MARTN J. SMITH. 

